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For the Fallen - Poem by Robert Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

A couple of years ago I finally got do do a trip to the National War Museum in Johannesburg, For some strange reason my wife and daughter didn't want to come with so my brother-in-law and my daughters boyfriend and I made the trip, We arrived at about 09:00 and left at 17:00, so it was a day well spent (Apologies for the links not working, I have repaired them so all should be good)

Crashed GermanWW2 Messerschmidt Bf109 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109)

GermanWW2 Messerschmitt Me 262 B-1a/U1 Nightfighter  This is the only one of this particular 

GermanWW2 PaK 38, 50-mm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_cm_Pak_38)  
anti-tank gun and PaK 4075 mm  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.5_cm_Pak_40)

GermanWW2  8.8cm Flugzeugabwehrkanone (Flack) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8.8_cm_Flak_18/36/37/41)

South African Bush War to present G6 Rhino (http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/south_africa/rhino)



Allied WW2 Sherman M4 with composite hull
  (http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/US/M4_Sherman.php)


Douglas C-47 Dakota used by the South African Air Force
  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain)

South African Air Force Dassault Mirage III
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Mirage_III)

South African Air Force Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.50
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Buccaneer)

British WW2 Diamler "Dingo" Scout Car (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_Dingo)

South African WW2 Marmon-Herrington M.IV Armoured car
(http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/south_africa/Marmon-Herrington_Mk4.php)

South African WW2 Marmon-Herrington M.I/II Armoured car
(http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/south_africa/Marmon-Herrington_MkII.php)

South African WW2 Marmon-Herrington M.III Armoured car
(http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/south_africa/Marmon-Herrington_MkIII.php)

British WW2 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire)

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Jack Campbell of The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 16th Irish Division on The Late Late Show.